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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Day 1 of Disc-tober is here ! Today's prompt is "A life for a life" For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts. #TerryPratchett #Pratchett #Discworld #Discworldart #Inktoberalterantive

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

#Disctober2025 is coming ! An Art Challenge for fans of #terrypratchett and #discworld. This year we have chosen phrases and words from the books themselves for you to conjure up images and artworks from. Use the #disctober and #disctober2025 when you post your art this October.

We've run a yearly Disc-tober art challenge for the last 5 years and this year our prompts are words and phrases from the books themselves !

For those who are not familiar with our art challenge, we encourage fans of Terry Pratchett's works to create a piece of art based on our daily prompts.

We publish a list of prompts for every day of October.

It's a way to pass the time and have a go at producing something possibly a little out of your comfort zone.

We don't judge the artwork, we just enjoy seeing it!

The rules are simple.
1. Read the prompt of the day.
2. Produce a piece of visual artwork inspired by that prompt.
3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt!
4. No AI
5. Share your artwork publicly using the #Disctober2025

That's it.

Here is the full list in text form :

1. A life for a life
2.Murder a curry
3. Imagine Dragons
4. Extra Socks
5. Nae Queen
6. Boots
7. Ripples
7a. A Wizzard's Hat
9. Job Market
10. Deep Bone
11. The Truth
12. L-Space
13. What Duck?
14. Bigger than Cheeses
15. Battle Bread
16. Music with Rocks
17. Celuloid Imps
18. Fetch
19. Trousers
20. Bees
21. Stocks
22. Golden
23. Mirror
24. Potato
25. Scones?
26. Opera
27. Brassicas
28. Revolution
29. Travel
30. Smoking GNU
31. Hard Boiled Egg!

Don't forget to use the #Disctober2025 when sharing your work.

Disctober/Disc-tober is an art challenge created by the team at BetterThanAPokeintheEye.co.uk (formally Discworld Monthly).
We are the original creators of Disctober !

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We have the list. It will be published on Thursday.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

It will come soon !!! Just deciding on the colour scheme for the socials !

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

[News] The Amazing Maurice 2 - The Waters of Life, the squeakquel to the beautifully animated Sky Original The Amazing Maurice has had an update in its race to be produced. To read about the plot and see some concept images, head to betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/articles/pra... #discworld

Malicia (a girl) and Peaches (a rat) on a bed reading a book whilst Maurice (a ginger cat) looks through the window at them

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

What ?!?! That's cheeky as a monkey stealing a grandma's purse in the middle of LA. Don't ask for review tickets if you don't intend to publish the review... AND They should have brought their own bloody photographer !!!!!!

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Happy Terry Pratchett Day ! Today would have been Terry's 77th birthday, and tonight many of us will be in London for a special version of The Magic of Terry Pratchett show to celebrate our favourite author. How are you celebrating Terry today? #terrypratchettday #terrypratchett

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

In Terry's Discworld series, the clacks are a type of semaphore towers. 3 of the codes are: G: send the message on N: do not log the message U: turn the message around at the end of the line and send it back again GNU before a name meant the name would continuously be "spoken" on the clacks.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

We have so many personal memories from the many years we spent in Terry's company and we would love to read your memories of your time with the man himself. Drop your favourite memory of him in the comments below. 3/3

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Terry is pictured here at the naming of the streets in Wincanton. He was about to place his hands in cement for a plaque and then scrawl his signature upon it using a stick. Many fans were there dressed up as characters from his books. We were busy taking photographs for Discworld Monthly. 2/3

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

GNU TERRY PRATCHETT. 28/04/1948 - 12/03/2015 On this day, 10 years ago, the roundworld lost a great author, a husband, a father, a friend. “Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?” ― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal 1/3 #GNUTerryPratchett #discworld

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The German Discworld Convention 2025 (aka Scheibenwelt Convention) has tickets available for those who wish to attend. betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/discworl... #discworld #TerryPratcheth #Pratchett

A pile of Cobolt blue leaflets with the wording Scheibenwelt Convention 2025, Willkommen in Tods Reich with illustrations of the Death of Rats, a Scythe and an Hour Glass upon them. The second pile of leaflets have the wording Bogenschiessen, schwertkampf, Rollenspiel, workshops, tastings. And Lesungen Vortrage and some obscured writing I cannot decipher for alternative text.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Neil Gaiman will NOT benefit financially from the graphic novel. Refunds and Replacements are also being offered to those who want it. Full story on betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/good-ome...

Image of the cover of Good Omens the Graphic Novel, placed upon a background of artwork by Colleen Doran which features Aziraphale talking to a bird and Crowley looking mean.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Tales of Wizards and Dragons, a 3-in-1 collection of Knight-Time stories by #TerryPratchett Release date: 16th January 2025 Format: Paperback R.R.P.: £7.99 To find out more and to order a copy, head over to betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/book-new...

Background: yellow with a dark blue thin rectangular border.
Foreground: Book Cover image of Terry Pratchett's Tales of Wizards and Dragons which is sky bue with a green dragon and a purple robe wearing wizard upon it
Wording: Book Release News, release date 16/01/2025 contains the stories Edwo the boring Knight, Dragons from Crumbling Castle and Wizard War. Three Favourie Short Stories fully illustrated by Mark Beech

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year to readers of the #Discworld fans May the year of the luminous Lemur bring you all that you require.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

We are signing off for a couple of days. We hope everyone has a peaceful holiday period and we hope to have a newsletter out in the new year of the Luminous Lemur! Happy Hogswatch Everyone! #discworld #terrypratchett

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Gary massively helped us to create our Luggage photo prop. Anything you can give to help fix his workshop after the storm would be hugely appreciated.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Happy Newsletter day ! Issue number 0002 of Better Than's newsletter is winging its way to our subscribers but you can read it now over on our website betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/newsletters/2 #ghosts #AssistedDying #gnu #theatre #BenAaronovitch #quentinblake

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

GNU Vic "Waddy" Wadmore. Waddy was one of the Discworld fandom's big characters. He was honoured by @terryandrob.bsky.social as Constable Waddy in Night Watch. Vic passed away this morning. betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/obituary...

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello to all the pilgrims from that place called twaxxer.... We are BetterThan and we hope here is Better Than the other place. We provide news, opinions and information about #TerryPratchett events and book releases and other authors. We've been just doing that in various guises for 27 years!

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

[News - #Discworld RPG is Fully Funded] Congratulations to MODIPHIUS for getting fully funded status on their Kickstarter by smashing their target 25 times* more than their initial target. Read more on our website. * Not quite but its a nice number to report!

betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk

Discworld Tabletop Roleplay Game smashes funding target on Kickstarter

The new Discworld Tabletop Roleplay Game Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork has just completed its Kickstarter by smashing its target by 2,500%.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

It has taken us a year, but Issue 0001 of Better Than A Poke is out in the universe flying towards our subscribers. You can of course, not wait and read it now. betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/newsletters/1 Contains #GoodOmens #Discworld #JungleQuest #TerryPratchett and #Ghosts

Backgorund: blocks of bright colours
Foreground: 9 Small icons of infographics that have appeared on our social meida in the last month. Centre is a purple eye with the word POKE written through it, surrounded by a green watercolour wash. Top left corner has the words Better Than A and the bottom right corner has Issue 0001

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

This was the image the production team produced. Not us. We are with you on this.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

[Documentary News] Terry Pratchett’s Jungle Quest This lost 26 min 1995 film, has been restored ! Terry went on a journey into the jungles of Borneo to find these creatures for himself. Amazon Prime Video UK (associate link) amzn.to/4faxqGK #terrypratchett #discworld #junglequest

Artistic representation of Terry Pratchett and an orangutan sat ina rainforest on a tree with the wording Terry Pratchett's Jungle Quest above it.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

We will have our 1st proper newsletter coming out on Friday 1st November 2024! Huzzah! To make sure you get your copy of Better Than A Poke in the Eye in your inbox, subscribe today at betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/list #booknewsletter

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

#Ghosts fans, have you not bought this yet? Why not ? Go buy it now ! Links on our website article. betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/ghosts-b...

Cover image of the book "Ghosts Brought to life" in a gold edwardian picture frame, hung on a wall that is covered in teal edwardina floral wallpaper

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

[News] Good Omens 3 is a GO GO GO! Good Omens 3 will consist of ONE 90 minute episode. This will be the third and final season of Good Omens. For more... betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/good-ome... #goodomens3 #TerryPratchett

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

The Amazing Maurice - The Waters of Life - a sequel is being made. A new character - a furless cat called Admiral Katz will be joining Maurice on his perilous quest to find the legendary waters of life. More on our website. betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/amazing-... #discworld #terrypratchett

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Special Event: Paul Kidby in conversation with Kat Brown about the publication of Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld by Paul Kidby. Date: Thursday 21st Nov, at 18:30 at Waterstones Piccadilly, London. More info on our website, betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/events #discworld #terrypratchett

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Arnold, the Bominable Snowman has been unleashed via A Stroke of the Pen by #TerryPratchett Better than a Poke in the Eye Bookshop uk.bookshop.org/a/3941/97818... Amazon UK amzn.to/3N34RhX WHSMITH tidd.ly/3XYU4vA Waterstones tidd.ly/4dgJCE0 #CommissionEarned #AssociateLink #Affiliatelink

Image of the cover of Terry Pratchett's A Stroke of the Pen The Lost Stories "Includes the lost story wot went missing" The cover features a gnome holding a lantern, a green dragon , a sword, a pen, a key and a lute

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Go and look at discworldemporium.com discworld.com and paulkidby.com They are the ONLY places to get official merchandise. Please don't buy anything that isn't licensed.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Our programmer is having a look at it now.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

We tend to use the hashtag instead. #disctober2024 and #disctober That way everyone can access the artwork on any social platform at hashtags (in general) that are universally used.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

and it's LIVE on our profile ! bsky.app/profile/bett...

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

#Disctober2024 is here! This year prompts are places on #Discworld! The rules are simple. 1. Read the prompt of the day 2. Produce a piece of artwork inspired by that prompt 3. Enjoy the process - it doesn't have to be a Rembrandt! 4. No AI 5. Share your artwork publicly using the #Disctober2024

Join our Disc-tober art challenge.
Use #Disctober2024 to show us your art!
Here is the full list in text form :
1: Bad Ass
2: NoThingfjord
3: Skund
4: Leshp
5: Hunghung
6: Bonk
7: Sto Lat
8: Zlobenia
9: Djelibeybi
10: Copperhead
11: Dunmanifestin
12: Mad Stoat
13: Llamedos
14: Sto Helit
15: The Wyrmberg
16: Pseudopolis
17: Tsort
18: Worralorrasurfa
19: Fairyland
20: Death's Domain
21: Munz
22: Genua
23: Slice
24: Bad Blintz
25: Ephebe
26: Klatch
27: Koom Valley
28: The Chalk
29: Ohulan Cutash
30: Holy Wood
31: Ankh-Morpork

Disc-tober is an art challenge created by the team at BetterThanAPokeintheEye.co.uk

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Hello !!! We are working on it !!! We are a little late this year but it is coming ! #Disctober2024 is on its way !

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Happy International Orangutan Day! Our favourite author had a love affair with these magnificent beasts, making one of his most beloved characters, an orangutan librarian. We adopted these two baby surprised coconuts at Dudley Zoo back in 2023 ! Image ©Rachel Anthony-Rowlands #dudleyzoo

A Mama Orangutan holding two baby orangutans in the sunshine, with the text"Happy International Orangutan Day" in the top right hand corner

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

So much so, we have a website dedicated to all sorts of Pratchett events, including stage productions, touring shows, exhibitions, talks and of course convention/events Perhaps we'll see you at an event sometime ? You can find it at betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/events

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Events Calendar - Better Than A Poke In The Eye

A list upcoming events in the realm of comic fantasy

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

The Irish Discworld Convention will be occurring in 2025, which has currently sold out. There are conventions in Germany and Australia too. Why am I telling you all this? We are passionate about Terry Pratchett's works and about events that spread love about his works.... 🧵

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

The team there all play characters that look like they leapt off the page.. Evening meals are included in the ticket price and everyone who has attended all are eagerly awaiting ticket sales going live on 1st July 2025 for The Llamedos Hogs Ball in 2026 Llamedosholidaycamp.com 🧵

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Llamedos Holiday Camp - Home Page

Llamedos Holiday Camp, a fantasy interactive event run by fans for fans

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

... Llamedos Holiday Camp will happen in March 2026 in South Wales UK. It is a much smaller event with just 150 attendees where activities and fun based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld is the principal aim. Fans having fun with Fans within the imaginary world of the Holiday Camp is a riot. . 🧵

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

... Photo opportunities, Cosplay competitions and storytelling. Sharing the love to 18,000 attendees is a blast. Tickets go on sale for Fantasy Forest at the start of October with the event happening on the 18-20th July at Sudeley Castle. Fantasyforest.co.uk ..... 🧵

fantasyforest.co.uk

Fantasy Forest - The UK fantasy festival

Join experience with fans from every fantasy genre! Cosplay, steampunk, video games, LoTR, knights and more all gather at THE Fantasy Festival

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

The International Discworld Convention ended on Monday but did you know there are other Discworld events in the UK ? A Portal to Discworld appears at Fantasy Forest every July. It may be a small area of a much bigger event, but it's very mini-convention in feel with activities, talks.... 🧵

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

Terry's hat usually only goes anywhere with a trusted person.

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

You can read about upcoming events, news, articles and reviews and every bit of our Discworld Monthly archive over at betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk 2024 will bring our 1st BTPE newsletter to your inboxes (subscribe via betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/list/dada/ma... ) Have a good break!

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Better Than A Poke in the Eye @betterthan.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

30 Gifts for 30 days of Nov. @benaaronovitch.bsky.social 's Winter's Gifts. To find out why and purchase a copy. betterthanapokeintheeye.co.uk/rss/novella-... #ChristmasGifts #BookRecommendations #RiversOfLondon #LoveBooks

Background: Faded map of Minnesota.
Foreground: Cover of Winter’s Gifts by Ben Aaronovitch.

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